Today, the average person chooses a cabinet for the living room and takes into account not only the financial side, but also the possibilities of the cabinet in its full use.
For this reason, the trade offers a wide range of bedside tables designed for installing a TV, storing books, dishes or cosmetics.
The main thing is to scrupulously consider and think through the need for each existing copy, so as not to later regret wasted money.
Construction type
Depending on their device, modern TV stands can be divided into the following types:
Chest of drawers
Such furniture allows you not only to place equipment, but also to store other things in drawers. TV chests can be of different heights. Since the bed in the bedroom is usually much higher than the sofa, a taller chest of drawers is chosen for it. You can store bed linen or clothes in the drawers.
In living rooms, the TV is placed on low chests of drawers with 1-2 rows of drawers. They hold gadgets, chargers or documents. Drawers in low cabinets may not be very deep, which is compensated by the long cabinet.
In the living room
An additional interior detail serves as a decoration for the room and performs many useful functions.
The living room cabinet can be used for a TV or an aquarium. It is convenient to store a wide variety of things in it. Long variations are adjacent to the wall. You can install equipment on them or put memorable souvenirs. A model with a glass facade or a display cabinet will fit into the interior of the living room. Such structures have a durable frame. The facade is made of tempered glass and has a metal or wooden frame.
Dishes for special occasions can be stored in the living room. For this purpose, a storage system with several sectors is used. The central part of the product is usually made closed. And the side compartments can be open; beautiful dishes can be placed in them.
Corner cabinet
Suitable for rooms with a small area because... allows functional use of corner space. A corner cabinet can have several rows of drawers. The glass cabinet with hinged doors also looks great.
The model of the cabinet depends on the size and weight of the TV, as well as the desired location and height of the bed or sofa from where it will be watched.
Style direction
Modern room design solutions are the most popular. Furniture should not overload the space; you should not purchase obtrusive accessories for the room.
These styles include:- High-tech with its strict lines and interesting shapes.
- Minimalism is characterized by a small amount of furniture in the room. You can choose a long modern cabinet made of wood, which will look great against the background of light planes.
- Provence requires decorating the room in pastel colors. There should be many textile elements in the space. It is better to choose a simple model for such a room.
It is important to choose the right color for the cabinet so that it fits harmoniously into the space. Functional and practical furniture makes your home comfortable. You can use items of different styles to decorate the room or stick to one direction.
Solid wood
Perhaps the most expensive material.
It looks great and lasts a very long time. The style can be either classic, with carvings and decorative elements, or modern and very laconic. The wood may be coated with paint or varnish to show the grain of the wood. A cabinet made of natural oak, for example, will cost you quite a lot. However, in furniture stores you can find options made from cheaper pine veneered with an expensive type of wood.
Materials
Modern TV stands are made from a variety of materials: glass, wood, veneer, metal, chipboard and others. In accordance with this, their prices are also varied. Products made from MDF and glass are considered the most budget-friendly. But solid wood is much more expensive, and therefore is used quite rarely. This material is used to produce mainly piece goods, decorating them with carvings.
When choosing a material, in addition to price, health safety is also important. The most environmentally friendly material is wood. It is hypoallergenic and does not emit harmful substances.
Safe furniture is considered to be products made from MDF coated with melamine and veneer. The latter consists of strips of valuable wood (walnut, oak, cherry, wenge) no more than 1 mm thick. It has a beautiful texture and also prevents the evaporation of harmful impurities from chipboard and MDF.
Door type
Cabinets can have several types of doors and drawers.
Hinged doors are often installed on classic cabinets. They are convenient and reliable, but they require space to open, and this may not be enough, for example in the bedroom.
Hinged doors have approximately the same properties.
Chests of drawers are equipped with drawers. The opening mechanism consists of metal guides and rollers. The safest drawers are those that open 80% and cannot fall out.
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Sliding doors are great for small spaces. One of the halves slides behind the other, opening the cabinet compartment.
A selection of children's bedside tables
Wardrobes for children, especially for girls, are distinguished by light or rich shades.
The photo shows an American-style children's room. Red facades serve as one of the bright accents.
The design in a boy's nursery is more restrained and usually has a minimum of details.
Cabinet size
Safety parameters require that the TV be mounted on a cabinet that is equal to or larger than it in width and depth. It’s worth considering in advance whether only the TV or other items will be on the cabinet.
The dimensions of the cabinet should also correspond to the scale of the room and the overall height of the furniture. It will be convenient to watch TV if it is at eye level or slightly higher.
To determine this parameter, sit on a sofa or chair with a straight back and mark a conventional point opposite your face on the wall; the center of the screen should be at this place.
Permissible load
The packaging of the cabinet or the accompanying document must indicate the maximum load that this or that cabinet, or rather its top cover, can withstand. You need to add another 2-4 kg to the weight of the TV in case a pet jumps on the stand or a small child hangs on it.
To protect the cabinet from falling, some models are additionally attached to the wall with brackets, even if they stand on legs.
New life for old things
There is no need to buy an unusual bedside table for your bedroom - you can assemble it from old suitcases. However, it is unlikely that you will be able to use them to store things that you will use every day: it is too inconvenient to open the lid of the suitcase, especially the bottom one.
Suitcases are combined with boxes, placed on stools, and the lid is used as a shelf. A low ladder that has been lying in the garage or country house for a long time will also cope with the role of a bedside table. All you need to do is sand it and paint it to transform your bedroom. Although no one bothers to leave the paint layer, which has long been covered with cracks.
The suitcase can be replaced with a chest or box
You can make the base for such a cabinet yourself
Before installing the drawer cabinet, it must be sanded and coated with a protective compound.
Bedside table from the stairs
Many old things are suitable for a bedside table: pallets, wooden boxes for vegetables or fruits, chests, the base of an old sewing machine. Such furniture is a suitable solution for a loft that loves original items.
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Cabinet on wheels
Among the models of cabinets there are also mobile ones. They are suitable as stands for small and light TVs. These cabinets have wheels and can be easily moved around the room.
If you want to buy such a cabinet, be sure to check whether it has wheel locks. They help secure the wheels in one position so that the cabinet does not move on the floor, even if you place it not against a wall, but in an open space.
The cabinet should fit the size of your TV and match the overall style of the room in which it will be located.What types of bedside tables are there?
It would seem that a bedside table is a simple piece of furniture, but modern designers are not limited in their imagination, so they offer options for every taste:
- On legs. The design, even slightly raised from the floor, looks lighter and more sophisticated, but does not lose its spaciousness.
- On wheels. A mobile bedside table that can serve as a mobile table.
- Hanging. The wall structure looks airy, as if floating above the floor.
- Soft. A bedside table with filling, upholstered in fabric: from velor to leatherette.
- Frame. An open cabinet without sides: there is only a frame and a base.
- Roll-out. It is part of a table or headboard and, if necessary, rolls out, becoming a separate piece of furniture.
- Transformable cabinet. A functional design that changes its appearance through a movable mechanism.
The photo shows a bedroom in a neoclassical style with a luxurious glossy nightstand with legs.
A cabinet is not always the free-standing structure we are accustomed to. For example, a table that can be pulled out from a bedside rack can serve as a bedside table:
